Trends and Gaps in Digital Precision Hypertension Management: Scoping Review.

Background: Hypertension (HTN) is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite effective treatments, most people with HTN do not have their blood pressure under control. Precision health strategies emphasizing predictive, preventive, and personalized care through digital tools offer notable opportunities to optimize the management of HTN.

Cultural Adaptation of Child Discipline Measures for Puerto Rican Mothers: Enhancing the Cultural Sensitivity of Parenting Assessments.

Background/objectives: Puerto Ricans (PRs) face significant challenges in accessing essential parenting resources and support due to language barriers and lack of culturally appropriate healthcare services, perpetuating health disparities. Cultural adaptation of psychosocial measurement tools is crucial for promoting health equity and improving health outcomes. This study describes the cultural adaptation of two parenting discipline assessment measures for use with Spanish-speaking PR mothers of 2-4-year-old children.

An Empowerment-Based Intervention for Chinese Immigrant Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Feasibility and Acceptability.

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health concern, particularly in vulnerable populations such as Chinese immigrant women.

Aim: This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of an empowerment-based intervention integrated with relaxation and self-compassion techniques for Chinese immigrant women experiencing IPV.

Methods: The present study was a part of a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Mediation of Psychological Capital in Youth Experiencing Homelessness.

Background: Youth who experience homelessness engage in behaviors that place them at high risk for disease and injury. Despite their health risk behaviors, these youth display psychological capital, positive attributes of hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism that motivate them to engage in health-promoting behaviors such as safer sex. However, this array of positive psychological attributes has not been studied in this vulnerable population.

Self-Compassion, Health, and Empowerment: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial for Chinese Immigrant Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence.

Chinese immigrant survivors of men's violence experience both significant mental health impacts from abuse and barriers to formal services. Therefore, we examined the preliminary efficacy of an innovative mobile-based empowerment-based intervention (self-compassion, health, and empowerment; SHE) that specifically focuses on abused Chinese immigrant women in the US. This pilot study used a two-arm randomized controlled design with repeated measures.

Parents' Experiences and Perceptions of Healthcare Transition in Adolescents with Asthma: A Qualitative Study.

Adolescence marks a significant transition from pediatric to adult healthcare, and parents play critical roles in supporting their adolescents with chronic conditions through this process. However, little is known about parents' experiences, perceptions, and needs during this healthcare transition. This qualitative study explores the experiences and perceptions of parents regarding the care transition of their 16-17-year-old adolescents with asthma.

Are Mid to Late Adolescents with Asthma Ready for Transition of Care? A Qualitative Study.

This qualitative descriptive study explores experiences and perspectives of mid-to-late adolescents about growing up with asthma, and the roles of parents and providers as they transition. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit and enroll adolescents aged 16-20 years with asthma. Forty-one adolescents participated in a focus group or individual interview, and content analysis was conducted to analyze the data.

Transition readiness in middle and older adolescents with asthma and associated factors: a descriptive study.

Objective: Asthma is the leading chronic health condition in adolescents, yet little is known about adolescents' readiness to transition into adult-focused care. This study examines transition readiness in middle and late adolescents with asthma.

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 2019 with 41 adolescents (16-20 years old) with asthma.

Redesigning culturally tailored intervention in the precision health era: Self-management science context.

Background: Nurse scientists have significantly contributed to health equity and ensuring cultural tailoring of interventions to meet unique needs of individuals. Methodologies for cultural tailoring of self-mangament interventions among marginalized populations have limitedly accommodated intersectionality and group heterogeneity when addressing health needs.

Purpose: Identify methodological limitations in cultural tailoring of interventions among priority populations and issue recommendations on cultural elements that researchers can target to ensure valid cultural tailoring approaches.

Health behaviors in adolescent survivors of cancer: An integrative review.

Problem: Adolescent survivors of cancer face an increased risk of chronic health conditions that can be improved by healthy behaviors. The purpose of this review is to synthesize the extent/prevalence of health behaviors (physical activity [PA], diet, human papillomavirus [HPV] vaccination, alcohol use, smoking, marijuana use, and unprotected sex) compared to age-matched peers and factors associated with those behaviors.

Eligibility Criteria: Four databases (PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL) were searched for peer-reviewed primary studies published since 2000 including adolescents aged 11-20 years-old, who had completed cancer treatments.

Adolescents' practical knowledge of asthma self-management and experiences in the context of acute asthma: a qualitative content analysis.

Objective: To characterize adolescents' practical knowledge of asthma self-management and experiences during acute asthma episodes, and compare practical knowledge between minority and non-minority groups.

Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis using a qualitative descriptive design of textual data collected from 126 adolescents that participated in a randomized controlled trial of an asthma self-management program. Directed content analysis was conducted using four constructs of asthma self-management including symptom prevention, symptom monitoring, acute symptom management, and symptom communication.

Children's and adolescents' descriptors of asthma symptoms: An integrative review.

Background: Accurate assessment of asthma symptoms is central to appropriate treatment and management; however effective communication about symptoms-how it is perceived and reported-remain challenging in pediatric clinical and research settings.

Objective: To synthesize the existing pediatric literature on children's and adolescents' word descriptors of asthma symptoms.

Methods: In this integrative review, we systematically searched Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature and PubMed databases to identify original research studies from 1980 to 2021 on children and adolescents' word descriptors of asthma symptoms.

Long-term Effectiveness of a Peer-Led Asthma Self-management Program on Asthma Outcomes in Adolescents Living in Urban Areas: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Long-term effectiveness of a peer-led asthma self-management program in improving asthma outcomes in adolescents living in urban areas has not been established.

Objective: To determine the long-term effects of a peer-led program on asthma control, quality of life, and asthma management among predominantly racial and ethnic minority adolescents living in urban areas.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A parallel-group, randomized clinical trial was conducted in 2015 to 2019 in 3 metropolitan cities in the US: Buffalo, New York; Baltimore, Maryland; and Memphis, Tennessee.

Enhanced access to healthcare utilization data through medical record review: Lessons learned from a community-based, multi-site project.

Collecting accurate healthcare utilization (HCU) data on community-based interventions is essential to establishing their clinical effectiveness and cost-related impact. Strategies used to enhance receiving medical records for HCU data extraction in a multi-site longitudinal randomized control trial with urban adolescents are presented. Successful strategies included timely assessment of procedures and practice preferences for access to electronic health records and hardcopy medical charts.

Long-term effects of a peer-led asthma self-management program on asthma outcomes in adolescent peer leaders.

Objective: To examine the long-term effects of a peer-led asthma self-management program on urban adolescent peer leaders with asthma.

Methods: This longitudinal study includes 51 adolescents (16-20 years) enrolled in an asthma self-management program implemented at a one-day camp as peer leaders. Study outcomes, including quality of life, asthma control, asthma knowledge, and attitudes toward asthma were collected for 15 months post-intervention.

Comparing Three Measures of Self-Efficacy of Asthma Self-Management in Adolescents.

Objective: This study examines the relationships between 3 measures of asthma-related self-efficacy and compares them by their relationships to quality of life, medication adherence, asthma control, asthma knowledge, and attitudes in adolescents.

Methods: Participants included 371 urban adolescents (age 12-20 years) with asthma. Three self-efficacy measures included the Asthma Outcome Expectation-self-efficacy subscale (AOE-SE), Asthma Management Index-self-efficacy subscale (AMI-SE), and the Asthma Self-Efficacy scale (ASE).

Fidelity of a peer-led asthma self-management intervention and its attention control in a multisite study of urban adolescents.

In this paper we compare the fidelity of a Peer-Led Asthma Self-Management Program for Adolescents (PLASMA) and its attention control. A randomized controlled trial involving two groups-the PLASMA group and the attention control group-was conducted between 2015 and 2018. Adolescents 12-17 years old (N = 259) in three cities in the United States received asthma self-management education implemented at a day camp, followed by bi-monthly, follow-up contact for 12 months.

Influence of social support on asthma self-management in adolescents.

Objective: Adolescents with asthma are influenced by peers and family. The objective was to better understand family social support and test its association with medication adherence, asthma control, and Emergency Department (ED) use.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional secondary data analysis from a randomized controlled trial with urban adolescents from three U.

Associations between overweight and obesity and asthma outcomes in urban adolescents.

To examine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in urban adolescents with asthma and to investigate the relationships between anthropometric measures and asthma outcomes including quality of life, asthma control and lung function. Adolescents with an asthma diagnosis, 12-20 years-old, were recruited from three urban communities in the United States. Spirometry and anthropometric data including height, weight and waist circumferences were collected along with questionnaire data measuring quality of life, asthma control, and medication adherence.

Evaluation of a Peer-led Asthma Self-management Group Intervention for Urban Adolescents.

Purpose: This paper describes the acceptability and generalizability of an evidenced-based peer-led asthma self-management program.

Design And Methods: Adolescents with persistent asthma (n = 259, ages 12-17 years) from three urban cities participated in a one day camp led by either trained peer leaders (n = 35, ages 16-20 years; intervention group) or healthcare professionals (control group). Participants completed a camp evaluation form, and the peer leader quality survey.

Depressive Symptoms Among Urban Adolescents with Asthma: A Focus for Providers.

Objectives: Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood in the United States, disproportionately affecting urban, poor, and minority children. Adolescents are at high risk for poor asthma outcomes and for depressive symptoms. The purpose of this study is to investigate associations between depressive symptoms and asthma-related clinical and functional outcomes among urban teens.

Blood Neutrophil Count is Associated with Body Mass Index in Adolescents with Asthma.

Background: Sputum neutrophils are associated with severe asthma, poor pulmonary function and high body mass index (BMI) in adult patients. However, little is known about the relationships between blood neutrophils, BMI and asthma severity in pediatric patients. This brief report is to assess the predictive value of blood neutrophils for asthma severity, BMI and pulmonary function in adolescents with asthma.

Comparing Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) and National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) asthma control criteria.

Background: Adequate assessment of control is critical to asthma management. The Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) and the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) criteria are commonly used measures of asthma control.

Objective: To examine the associations between the ACQ and NAEPP criteria and compare the validity in association with lung function, asthma exacerbation, and quality of life.

Common allergies in urban adolescents and their relationships with asthma control and healthcare utilization.

Background: Urban adolescents suffer a disproportionate burden of asthma morbidity, often in association with allergies. Literature is limited on comparing various types of allergies regarding prevalence and associations with asthma morbidity in urban dwelling adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of common allergies reported by urban adolescents and to assess their relationships to healthcare utilization and asthma control.

Mixed-methods content and sentiment analysis of adolescents' voice diaries describing daily experiences with asthma and self-management decision-making.

Background: Accurate symptom assessment remains challenging in teen populations. Little is known of usual symptom/response patterns, and self-reported paper diaries have traditionally low compliance rates. Therefore, we used concurrent digital voice diaries to capture daily asthma experiences.